Short and not-so-sweet from Solvang. Pouring rain, mud slides, Hwy 101 closed between here and LAX. Team is in Los Angeles - Lance, Higgs, Johan, Dirk, Laurenzo and Sean are here, plus the wrenches and soigneurs... and moi.

We all think of California as being a grid of highways, but everyone is finding out that Hwy 101 is the route and pretty much the only choice, other than driving over to Interstate 5, which takes several hours to get around and back here.

I hear that it is supposed to dry out starting tomorrow, so stay tuned...